Electric stove



Jan. 22 1924- c. H. cooK ET AL.

ELECTRIC STOVE Filed Aug. 4. 1921 Patented Jan. 22, 1924. g

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFlCE.

CLAUDE-E. oooK, HARRY J. LEWIS, AND CHARLES E. LEWIS, or CLEVELAND, omo.

ELECTRIC s'rovn.

hpplicetion filed'August 4, 1921. 'Serial n0, 489,828.

.Taj all'whomit may concern: wardly as clearly illustrated in the drawlive.- it known that v we, CpAUnnH. Coon, ings This deflector and brace plate is also HARRY J. LEWIS, and OHAIILESJ-4E.-.-LE\VIS, provided with a downwardly extending citizens oi -the, United States, residing at flange 1O which is engaged by the legs but lin Qleveland in the county of Cuyehoga and which, however, is emitted at the corner.

State of. Ohi0',:ha.ve. invented oerta.1n ,.ne)v :portions ,where the=tongues 9 are provided. and useful improvements in Eleetrie-Stoves, ,The grate or grid-member 12 is formed .ofwhiehthe following isa spepifieetion. of pressed metal of suitably light grade and Thisjn vention reletesto'improvernents in preferably. with rounded corners, the bars 10 .eleetrie. S tpYe S', :e $eQlany .adeptd. -fer. use l2} heing' formed integrally. therewith in the .on the serving tab e ,a.11 d-'other;sg 1ch uses,. ;san1 e..ma.nner. This rid member has the The object of thisinventiomis tofprovlde outwardly extendingan 'e 13 and an-epron such .3, stove vvhiel gissirripleiin structure or ,fiange 14.extendinge out the four sides end'lieuqe; Qt eostl. to menutecture, h-ighly thereof and ads. ted tq depend slightly be 16 eflieient en dureb e. j f r low the ears 7 of the legs 6 when assembled.

Q- Fig.( 1 'ise gplan; view'oi'our :invention; The corner pqrtionsofthe flange 14: are Fig. 2 -.is.: a.n ,-end;elevation. partly-broken swegedsllghtly nwerdly as indicateclat 15 li z i qgn i t d l i f. so asto have releasable snap lock engagecorner portion of our device- Figg is aseeent W'1th the ears 7 of the legs upon as- QQii r pmli eHpf Fig.- 3;: ig; 5 is a persembhng the parts.

speetiveofoneo fthe.legs;- Eig3; 6 is a, detail In assembling this structure the tongues 1 vgegv pi theintegral .tong'ue forgned on-the -9; sre'engagedin the loops 8 end the ears 7 eorner s10f,.-the -braee plete ior .engegement are engaged with the corner-portions of the ..v v;ith.-the 1egs-; and, Fig-{fie an inverted, plan esbestos pad by swinging the legs inwardly ew; of the -clip .donneetion-gbetween ;tl1e about e'center at the point of engagement wires. 4 1.5 between the-loo 5 Bend thetonguesi).

.Theinsu-lated-eleetrie miresuindicated at =Th n e mid 1215 applied to thetop of the u. 13 l d i g d th gsbestqg ad .2311 th legs by snap engagement which secures the bi di t .3 t,1th .end ef..th l ,upperends of the legs in locked assembly. -tri heat1ng egil14-secured on the to .iaee of Acwr mg as may be desired, the tongues 9 yfl ga sbestos .padby ,megns of flie .8-ghaped may be bent 1nwardly just suificient fOl 1'8 l ii of. drawn...stee1 t ding th leasable engagement with the loops 8 so that through nd turned; out at the other side. .the parts. can be. disassembled by reversing :The pad 2 is;-prov;ided with al coating of sinthe rocedure ebove recited for assembly, 35 cate of soda. to prevent discoloring,oi.- the .01, t e tongues maybe be t inwardly still same bytheextremelyhighh at f th further after assembl ng. the parts 80 as to sistanoe "eoil eontaptin therewith enddn- 1 890111161X k the p r st g .cidentall to im rove. eep eamncegefthe .Beferrm now in .detail. to the matter ,device. e as estos-padfl 1s supperted'by shownm 1g. 7 .and. also i n-Fi 1, the metal 40 means f th l 6 wl ich.,g,pe' r9.l1nd6d at slip 16 has artially closed tu ular arms 17 the cornersend rovided et-the-toprwith the extending e out and ripping the tubular integral ears 7 1 ormed, so as to support the .sections-of-asbestos 18 I u h which extend -21 pad-2. These ears haveperallehhoninontal, .the.md1v1dua l wires, and t 5 other arm 19 .spa.ced. portions 7? a-nd-=7 .o;.reeeiving the of the clip gri s the wires. by means of the 45 eerner-edge portions'efgthepad. llie-1on1: tongues ,19 an 19". The clip. has the porlegs-ere gob-exactly; the same-strncture'nnd --tion- -20 depressed, as viewedm Fig.1 sons are preferably, stem ed up from hght=n etal..to'1ie inn lanes; proximately throu h the The legs are provi ed a..so'3v-ith; ntegrally gdiameterp the. estos tubes. .The' poped formed glpops 8 Tinwardlg therefrom ends of the W1 for seeurin to the blndmg or. sesele fbyitq s es. f me i posts are indisated at efi e s 15 tegral u onthe see ers of the -.glefleetor and perinittedthrou h the asbestos tubes nd at trace {fate-.10 vi'lueh extendsl1 etween.- the the same time the clip maintains the WIIGS legs. l1 mars extenddowmyagrdlzl trom inproperspreairelation. s Thegto ofthe the base plate and are bent shgli y inelip also protects the insulation of t e was reaches it through the asbestos pad and thereby serves to protect the table upon which the stove rests and also to conserve the heat for cooking.

Thus we have provided an inexpensive and yet a durable structure which can be obtained in t'h e pad. s I

'-'-Other advantages floiving "from the im readily assembled by the userandin which the pad and coil can be renewed as a separate unit: An extren'iely high 'eftieiene 'l'is' also "heat re ected-.-"by

the degree 0f proved structureabove -d'esOribed' are thought to; bd'obvioii'si Ste onewho is-"sicilled in the art to 'whiehth' invention-"nel-ates,

'1. An electricstove 'eoinpi'is'in ah'a'tin element; a -1ace,-member}there or *fo'r'me of non-eon i cting' iheatresistifi material,

said Plate member and a 'brqeeplatei swing 'IPQ tl V' interloeknig snfd; eemhaiiljef "emnection' with said Igg .J

-2.'- An electric stove, cdrnprisizigaifheatihg "elment,j a plate'member therefor: formed of fibn fionductin" jheat iesistin material; detachable legs mu integmii gbm ee eais for engaging the marginaFpertl'ons 'o'f fsaid give inter ocking-im n t phablw'conneetion i h id 7:}; hi: [rs-:lgsa; 3.17:.

' 3. 'An eIeQtrie'StOVe; a heating element; a plejte therefdifi' detachable legs-for engaigiingfmd' supporting saidfihibe member, --a gbrse iae extending-between said ie 's'; smaybreee pme zgisds iegsbeing provided with means integral *thr'e'with for positively"securinglthesame to ether,"

.4. An' ele'ztric stove, eohipiismfi'aiheating element, a'pla'tefmemher'therefo'r, legs provided with ears having s i portin eng a einentwith'said iilate inem risah legs" (3- ing provided with eyes uflonthejinxiergtdtgiss thereof, and a brace Qplate hming tongues for locking engagement with said 'eye'sif" er'efdr; le s" for 'aid glete memben-i bribe plate ment. withsaid ears so 'ture including in j n gggil' element, a plate member therefor, legs havin ears engaging the marginal portions of said plate member for supporting the same, a-nd'wgrid member ahe'veisaid ipla'te member and having detachable" -'frictional engagement with said ears seas to secure the same in en agement -W-ithsaid plate ymembers 8. n electric stove, comprising a heating element, a plate member therefor, legs having ears engaging the marginal portions of said placement-weer supporting the same, and a grid member above said plate memher and having detachable-snapp ng"engageas to s'ee'u're the-Same iii-enga ement-wvith said pad f- 9. K knockdown stove, comprising 'rid-, heater-,-'-'defiecte=r-, and reg; inemhers'con 'structed"and" alrranged "for" as'srilblj by readily .attaehable mnd' -.'"de'tach'abIF -e 3nnection said heater member-being bbiiliected w the ieg memb ma mane-gene grid member's being" provided 'v'vithintegral' i iit'er locking 1'; are to spaen'itlie heme member" fro'mfthe gridmeinbe'rl i 1 I -;10.."A knockdovi n stove; comprising. grim, heater-'5 defleelx'i1";- and deg. ii'embers, bnstructed and arranged-3dr assembly-B readily attachable si'rid detachable in'eans,

sajd frame.

structpre-ineluding leg membersf a heater member; =and' a fie'fl'etof member itthehed having a" skirt p'ortibn -'teleseopi'nfzaroifnd 'sai'd structure; said grid 'member and strucadepted to spa'c'e't-he heater inem member; r:

18. An electric stove, comprising a grid member provided with a skirt, and; heating member telescopically located viiith 'thejskirt thereof; said grid and heating members he a 14. Anelectric stove,"qomprislng' heater and 'defieetor memberseo-operetively --a.ssbiated and sup er-mafia spa-zed relation frdm eai -ehother,'fand=a grid'meiilber having said grid member with resistance wires, said plate substantially closing the bottom of the skirt and forming above it a heating chamber closed except where open through said grid.

16. An electric stove, comprising a id and leg structure including a depen ing skirt portion and formed to provide a shoulder, and a heating element associated with said structure and enclosed within the depending skirt portion and cooperatively related to said shoulder so as to space said heatin element from the grid.

17 1 n electric heater, comprising a rigid plate member formed of non-conducting heat resisting material, a resistance wire supported on its upper face, a support therefor comprising a plate lying beneath the first plate member, leg members and means integral with said plate and leg members for detachably connecting and spacing the two plates from each other.

18. An electric heater, comprising a nonconducting heat resisting plate member, a resistance wire on the upper face thereof, a

rid member for supporting an article to fie heated above said resistance wire, and means including a part integral with said grid member for spacing said grid and plate members from each other.

19. An electric heater, comprising a nonconducting heat resisting plate member, a resistance wire on the upper face thereof, deta/chable le members embracing at intervals the edge of said plate member, and means surrounding the edge of the late member and said leg members for 100 ing the legs to the plate member.

20. In a. heating stove, a rectangular shelf member supporting legs positive y and detachably connected to the corners thereof and extending above the same, a plate member carrying a resistance wire and connecting the upwardly extending ends of said legs, and means for releasably locking the legs, shelf and plate members to each other.

21. In an electric heater the combination of a bottom plate, a top plate, an intermediate insulating plate, a heating element mounted on the insulatin plate, and legs supporting said plate, sai legs having projections on which the bottom and intermediate plates rest, and the to plate having a flan e surrounding the e ge of the intermediate plate and engaging the upper ends of the legs.

In testimony whereof we hereby afiix our signatures.

CLAUDE H. COOK. HARRY J. LEWIS. CHARLES E. LEWIS. 

